Smoking pipe



Sept. 5, 1933. la@l G. SANSQM 1,925,936

SMOKING PIPE Filed sept. 27, 1932 nuenior By m wh.

llomey Patented Sept. 5, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application September 27, 1932 Serial No. 635,082

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to a smoking pipe and has for its object to provide means to take care of the usual saliva created incident to the smoking of a pipe.

The invention contemplates the provision of an exceedingly simple construction which may be manufactured at a low cost, is thoroughly eicient and reliable in use, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is desired.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a longitudinal section through a pipe embodying the features of my invention.

Figure 2 is a section taken substantially on the line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an end view of the mouthpiece of the pipe.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that the numeral 5 denotes a bowl from the bottom oi which extends the usual neck or stem 6 associated with which is the mouth piece 7. The novelty of this pipe lies particularly ing-the neck or stem 6 which is provided with a passage or elongated orifice 8 leading from the bottom of the bowl to the outer end of the neck 6. This neck 6 is also provided with a compartment, recess or the like 17 below the passage 8 and extending from the juncture of the neck 6 with the bowl 5, but not into communication therewith, to the outer end of the neck 6 and an aperture 10 communicates the compartment 17 with the passage 8 adjacent the outer end thereof.

The mouth piece'l ts into the compartment 17 and has the passage 11 extending therethrough and from this passage ll extends an aperture 12 to register with the aperture 10. The mouthpiece serves to secure a plug 14 in position to close the outer end of the passage 8.

, A iiap valve 15 is seatable on the inner end of the mouth piece 7, the inner end of the passage 11 being shaped to conform therewith and this flap valve is rockably mounted as at 16 and has a stop arm 9 formed thereon to limit the opening movement thereof. Normally, therefore, the ap valve is in the position shown in Figure 1 and saliva in the stem will drain down into the receptacle recess or the like 17, when the pipe is in use. Should the pipe, for any reason be tilted, valve l5 will close by gravity and thus prevent escape of the saliva from the recess 17.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention has been described in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplication since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details or" construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope oi the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new is:

A smoking pipe of the class described including a bowl with a neck extending therefrom, said neck being provided with a passage communicating with the bowl and extending, through the outer end of the neck, said neck being provided below the passage with a recess opening through the outer end of the neck, a mouth piece having a longitudinal passage therethrough with one end insertable into the neck with the passage in the mouth piece communicating with the recess, and said neck formed with an opening communicating the passage in the neck with an opening in the mouth piece extending from the passage therein, and a ap valve mounted in the recess at the inner end of the passage of the mouth piece being gravitationally normally in an open position.

ROBERT G. SANSOM. 

